#BD4B42#BD4B42

#BD4B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.149 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4B42
RGB	rgb(189, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 45.32, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 53.81, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1323 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.149 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4881, 16.2476, 6.9998)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4B42 #42B4BD

analogous

#BD4277 #BD4B42 #BD8842

triadic

#BD4B42 #42BD4B #4B42BD

tetradic

#BD4B42 #77BD42 #42B4BD #8842BD

square

#BD4B42 #77BD42 #42B4BD #8842BD

split-complementary

#BD4B42 #42BD88 #4277BD

monochromatic

#622722 #903932 #BD4B42 #CD766F #DDA19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BD4B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BD4B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4B42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4B42	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.149 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bd4b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4b42;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.563,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4B42

secondary

#92C5C9

accent

#CED850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4B42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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